FORMATION NOTES: Michigan did more or less the same things they've been doing all year. This is Wisconsin's default 3-4, which shades their nose. UW was very consistent in their alignments but had a suite of blitzes that came from everywhere, very effective.

Michigan: less effective.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Milton was replaced by McNamara for the final three drives, which consisted of ten plays. OL still Barnhart/Filiaga/Vastardis/Zinter/Stueber. Eubanks got the large bulk of the TE work, with All chipping in a bit. Schoonmaker got a few plays, as did Mason.

WR still has Bell ahead with Johnson #2 and Sainristil/Wilson/Jackson in a tight bunch behind them. RB remains a wild rotation, which means nobody got much run with only 45 plays.

[After THE JUMP: pumpkin time]

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M20	1	10	Gun 2TE	1	2	2	Base 3-4	7	Pass	Waggle TE drag	Eubanks	INT
UW covers all of this. Milton throws it to Eubanks, who has a guy in his back pocket. Milton puts it on Eubanks’s facemask; LB punches the ball out. This is a result of throwing the ball to a covered WR but the throw is right on point and the WR has body position. If anything you could say this needs to be in the buttzone. (CA, 1, protection N/A, RPS –1, Milton +0.5)
Drive Notes: Interception, 0-0, 11 min 1st Q.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M47	1	10	Gun trips TE	1	3	1	Base 3-4	6	Penalty	False start	Schoonmaker	-5
M lines up with 3 TEs and Mason then motions two of those TEs out of the box, wants to run QB power, Schoonmaker(-1) jumps.
M42	1	15	Gun twins	1	2	2	Base 3-4	7	Run	Bash	Corum	-3
UW FS is creeping up to line starting at ten yards and fires down on this hard. Corum has to bend around All(-1), who loses his edge block. If this is a read it’s a quick one. RPS -2.
M39	2	18	Gun trips TE	1	2	2	Base 3-4	7.5	Run	QB down G	Milton	1
Stueber(-1) shot back; his guy flows down the line. Milton can only attack a gap away from him. That gap has an unblocked CB in it. M spent two guys on the nose tackle and Haskins blocked nobody. RPS -2.
M40	3	17	Gun trips	1	1	3	Nickel even	6	Pass	Deep hitch	Jackson	INT
Zinter(-2) does not get off his guy to pick up a stunt and a guy gets into Milton’s legs. Milton throws an unfathomably bad pick directly at a linebacker on a throw that was at a WR who wasn’t anywhere near the first down anyway. (BRX
0, protection 0/2, Milton -4)
Drive Notes: Interception, 0-7, 7 min 1st Q.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M25	1	10	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Base 3-4	7	Run	Inside zone	Corum	2
Vastardis(-1) cannot contain the NT shaded outside of him; he flows down the line to tackle. Eubanks(-0.5) got no push on his kickout. Barnhart(+0.5) and Filiaga(+0.5) got some depth on a scoop block of the other DTs.
M27	2	8	Gun 3-wide tight	1	1	3	Base 3-4	7	Run	End around	Henning	0
Really little M can do here; Zinter(-2) does block down on a NT on an end around instead of prioritizing anything that might come through to the outside; LB blitzes through scot free. All gets submarined in the backfield by a corner; Eubanks can’t seal his guy because he’s refusing to be sealed. W LB chasing inside out Henning(+1) has to bounce around the CB/All mess; he breaks a TFL and grinds out a yard. RPS -1.
M27	3	8	Gun trips	1	1	3	Nickel even	6	Pass	Fade	All	Inc
No idea how this isn’t PI with the CB never looking for the ball and mugging All the whole way, refs -3. This throw hits All in the chest but that’s not actually good here; you want this short and/or high so he can separate and get it and not have to run through a DB. This is a TE, more or less, you expect the CB to win over the top. (MA, 0, protection 1/1, Milton -0.5)
Drive Notes: Punt, 0-14, 4 min 1st Q.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M28	1	10	Gun 2TE tight	1	2	2	Base 3-4	7	Pass	Quick out	Johnson	Inc
Milton misses wide on a quick out. Could have been turned up for ~8. (IN, 1, protection 1/1, Milton -1)
M28	2	10	Gun trips TE	1	1	3	Base 3-4	6.5	Run	QB split zone?	Milton	2
This is a fake mesh point with Milton carrying basically to the point where Charbonnet would be if he had the ball. Instead Charbonnet(+1) forcefully kicks a LB; Eubanks(+0.5) escorts a DE diving inside past the play; Barnhart(-2) chases the same guy Charbonnet has so Vastardis has no angle on a LB and he nails Milton on what should otherwise be a solid gain.
M30	3	8	Gun trips	1	1	3	Nickel over	6	Run	Zone stretch	Charbonnet	2
A no-read run -1 in the box on third and eight is certainly a decision. RPS -2. FWIW, Stueber(-1) can’t kick his guy out; Filiaga(-1) gets fired back and his guy flows down the line.
Drive Notes: Punt, 0-21, 13 min 2nd Q.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M25	1	10	Gun trips TE	1	1	3	30 nickel slide	6.5	Pass	Bubble screen	Henning	-1
Wilson(-1) airballs on a block but UW is all over this; a soon as the ball is even threatened to be out the CB is jumping it. (CA, 3, screen, RPS -1)
M24	2	11	Gun 3-wide tight	1	1	3	Nickel even	6.5	Pass	Waggle TE flat	Eubanks	Inc
Basic TE flat route; Milton has Eubanks in the flat for a solid gain but doesn’t throw it, almost gets sacked, and then tries to get it to Eubanks as a sack avoidance scheme. (BR, 0, protection N/A, Milton -1)
M24	3	11	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Nickel even	6	Pass	Slot fade	Jackson	36
And this just pops up out of nowhere. Milton nails Jackson on an arcing slot fade after Jackson(route+) gets a yard or two of separation. Milton puts it on him in stride. (DO, 3, protection 1/1, Milton +2)
O40	1	10	Gun 2RB TE	2	1	2	Base 3-4	7	Run	Lead down G	Haskins	6
Orbit motion from Bell, handoff to Haskins. Zinter(+0.5) pulls and kicks the OLB. Stueber(+1) ends up putting the DE five yards downfield, gradually. Mason(-1) mis-IDs, failing to pick up the CB; Haskins(+1) jumps around his tackle attempt and runs up the back of various OL pushing guys.
O34	2	4	Pistol offset twins	2	1	2	3-4 over	7	Run	QB down G	Milton	-1
Are there reads in this offense? Not really. M sends Corum on a flare motion presnap. UW ignores this. They blitz off the corner, no one replaces, throwing to the flat is massive win, nope. Instead they run into what’s now an 8.5 man front. DL already slanted to play and slant further. Stueber(+1) and Schoonmaker(+1) actually give a DE the business with Schoonmaker moving to the LB level. Vastardis has zero chance to do anything with a DT shaded playside of him who slants playside. He forces it back to the blitzers, doom. RPS -2.
O35	3	5	Gun trips tight bunch	1	1	3	Nickel over	6.5	Pass	TE Hitch	Eubanks	13
Rhythm throw from Milton as this is coming out just as Eubanks turns around. Eubanks is not very far from a UW LB but the timing here means he can catch uncontested. LB sent, gets around Stueber(-2) clean, sack if not on point. (CA, 3, protection 0/2, Milton +1)
O22	1	10	Gun trips tight bunch	1	2	2	Base 3-4	7	Pass	PA wheel	Corum	Inc
M busts Corum open for an easy TD as a UW guy runs in the flat and a post takes away the other defender; Milton misses when many many throws set M up with first and goal. (INX, 0, protection 2/2, Milton -2) RPS +2.
O22	2	10	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Nickel under	6.5	Run	Split zone	Corum	4
Jet fake, handoff underneath it. Mesh seems ceremonial, mostly, and UW MLB is able to fire decisively because he trusts his DL and shows up in the hole unblocked. Stueber(+0.5) moved a blitzer far enough to give Corum a gap and he does run through and break that tackle but his momentum stops. You could argue for a keep here if this is really a read with the DE slanted heavily towards the back.
O18	3	6	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Base 3-4	7	Run	Power O	Milton	9
Normally I would designate this QB power but this seems very unintentional. Milton pulls, and Corum turns around for a second. Milton moves, and then cuts back into the same lane Corum was headed to. Doesn’t look planned. Works out. Filiaga(+0.5) gets a kick; Stueber(+1) controls and fires a DL inside. Eubanks kind of wastes himself firing inside on the same guy but also might move him enough to provide a better attack angle. LBs get confused by backfield action and can’t rally to POA immediately. If intentional, RPS+, but not.
O9	1	G	Gun 2RB TE	2	1	2	Base 3-4	7	Run	Lead down G	Corum	1
Mesh does hold backside LB, which affects rest of defense a bit. Schoonmaker(-1) gets shot back as he tries to get of a chip and get to a linebacker. Mason(+0.5) able to get to that guy and stall him but spends himself doing so. Barnhart(+0.5) gets enough of a DL; Filiaga gets an okay kick. Corum(-1) is able to pop through a gap but takes it wide instead of slamming up, which costs him a couple yards.
O8	2	G	Pistol 2TE	1	2	2	4-3 over	7	Pass	PA TE flat	All	2
Milton gets quick pressure here so he’s got to dump it; he dumps it. Eubanks(route-) is looking back immediately and doesn't chip a safety at all; safety tackles. (CA, 3, protection N/A, dot)
O6	3	G	Gun 3TE	1	3	1	Base 3-4	7	Pass	RB flat	Evans	5
Evans(+2) is able to turn a bad doomed play into a near TD. (CA, 3, protection 1/1, RPS –1, dot)
O1	4	G	Gun 2TE	1	2	2	Goal line	9	Run	QB down G	Milton	0
Nobody knows what they’re doing. DE hops outside, Schoonmaker(-2) follows him out. LB shoots the gap. Zinter(-2) stops and tries to get him;he misses. Mason plows the guy but Schoonmaker let his guy come all the way around and he submarines Milton in the backfield.
Drive Notes: Turnover on downs, 0-28, 4 min 2nd Q. Next drive is a one-minute drill.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M17	1	10	Gun trips TE	1	1	3	Nickel even	6.5	Pass	RB flat	Evans	11
M identifies suspicious density of UW players to boundary on clap and checks; UW blitzes, M responds with dump to flat for easy first down. (CA, 3, protection 0/1, TEAM -1, Milton dot). RPS +2.
M28	1	10	Gun trips TE	1	1	3	Nickel even	6	Pass	Sack	N/A	-5
Protection here is mostly fine. Stueber’s(-1) guy gets around but at enough depth that he opens up a lane to escape if Milton can’t find someone immediately. He can’t and scrambles out, and then takes a terrible sack instead of throwing the ball away. (TAX, N/A, protection ½, Milton -2)
M23	2	15	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Nickel over	6	Pass	Scramble	Milton	6
M has a TO but doesn’t use it. Pocket good; Milton can’t find anyone and scrambles for a few. Given the situation I’m not charting this one. (Protection 2/2)
Drive Notes: EOH, 0-28.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M25	1	10	Gun twin TE	1	2	2	Base 3-4	7	Pass	Out	Bell	21
UW blitzes off the corner; Charbonnet finds it and picks it up while Milton throws in the vacated area. M successfully high/lows the corner left. (CA, 3, protection 2/2, RPS +1, Milton +1) Bell(+2) then breaks a tackle to get a chunk.
M46	1	10	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Nickel even	7	Pass	Out	Bell	12
Another blitz off the edge with UW corner playing super soft; M sets right away from the strength of UW, and Charbonnet(-1) misses on a LB since he’s concentrating on another blitzer. Milton stands in and fires a strike to Bell. (CA+, 3, protection 0/2, Milton +1.5)
O42	1	10	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Nickel over	6	Run	Power O	Charbonnet	14
2-4-5 for UW so Stueber(+1) gets a DE and turns him in. Eubanks(+0.5) gets a kick on an OLB; Filiaga(+1) pulls, finds an ILB, and escorts him out of the gap. Vastardis(-2) found a blitzing linebacker late and should really be called for holding (refs +2) as he grabs the LB around the neck and causes him to fall instead of blow Charbonnet up. Charbonnet(+0.5) is able to keep his feet after taking a hit at seven yards and then Zinter(+1) picks him up and starts a rugby scrum that adds a healthy chunk.
O28	1	10	Gun TTE tight	1	2	2	Base 3-4	7	Pass	Post	Johnson	Inc
PA, max pro. Pocket clean as UW drops one LB and sends a second only very late once it’s clear Charbonnet is staying in. Milton fires at a well-covered post and misses high. (IN, 0, protection 2/2, Milton -1)
O28	2	10	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Nickel even	6	Pass	Deep out	All	Inc
Milton drifts up in the pocket a bit and ends up getting Filiaga in his lap, more his fault than Filiaga’s. He’s able to get an almost-accurate out to All, but it’s well outside his frame and he can only stab at it with one hand. (IN, 1, protection 2/2, Milton -0.5)
O28	3	10	Gun trips	1	1	3	30 nickel slide	6	Pass	Fade	Sainristil	Inc
Blitz, good pickup by the OL. Milton throws an extremely well covered fade route to Sainristil; he has Jackson popping open across the field. I get throwing this to Nico Collins, RIP, but Sainristil is a half foot shorter and needs about a half-foot to go get this ball. As it is he can only try another one-handed catch that doesn’t come off. (BR, 1, protection 3/3, Milton -1)
Drive Notes: FG(45), 3-28, 13 min 3rd Q.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M4	1	10	Pistol offset	2	1	2	Base 3-4	7	Run	Split zone	Charbonnet	4
LB shoots a gap; Barnhart(-1) doesn’t have much time and is late getting there but does manage to shove the guy to the ground as he tries to tackle. Zinter(+1) gets motion on a DE; Stueber(+0.5) has a long kickout; Charbonnet(+1) able to run through a tackle and grind for an okay gain.
M8	2	6	Gun TTE	1	2	2	Base 3-4	6.5	Pass	Waggle TE Flat	All	-1
UW DE in Milton’s face immediately. He bats the ball in the air; this is a doomed flat route in any case but really doomed now. All brings the deflection in while being hammered. Of course he catches this one, it’s -1 yard. (BA, 1, protection N/A, RPS -1, Milton push)
M8	3	6	Gun trips tight bunch	1	1	3	Nickel over	6	Pass	Fade	Johnson	Inc
Good pocket; Milton throws a fade way late and way inside that should be picked off but is dropped. (INX, 0, protection 2/2, Milton -3). The best thing you can say about this is it would have been an okay punt.
Drive Notes: Punt, 3-28, 7 min 3rd Q.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M25	1	10	Gun TTE	1	2	2	Base 3-4	6.5	Pass	Dig	Bell	23
McNamara in. He immediately slings a dart between three guys in a zone. (DO, 3, protection 2/2, McNamara +2)
M48	1	10	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Nickel even	6.5	Run	Power O	Corum	1
Vastardis(-2) immediately loses a downblock, rough. That guy pushes Corum wide and away from what may be a nice hole; Stueber(+1) got depth on his guy and Filiaga(+0.5) found a LB on his pull, though the efficacy of that block is unknown because Corum is running away from it because of the DT. Wisconsin put two guys in the same gap and if Vastardis gets a block here this could be a chunk.
M49	2	9	Gun trips TE	1	1	3	Nickel under	6	Pass	Corner	Eubanks	28
McNamara unnecessarily exits a clean pocket and uncorks a deep corner route to Eubanks which is on the money. (DO, 2, protection 2/2, McNamara +1.5)
O23	1	10	Gun 4-wide	1	1	3	Nickel over	6	Pass	Fade	Sainristil	23
Pocket good again; another fade mostly questionable because the target is a slot WR but Sainristil gets maximum extension and makes a pretty catch on a ball that gives the DB no chance. (DO, 2, protection 2/2, McNamara +3)
O3	2PT	2PT	Gun 3-wide	1	1	3	Base 3-4	7	Pass	Corner	Jackson	3
Jackson(route+) in man; he sells inside and then breaks to the wide corner of the endzone with a bunch of separation. McNamara floats it to him. (CA, 3, protection 1/1, McNamara +1)
Drive Notes: Touchdown (2PT good), 11-35, 3 min 3rd Q.
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Box	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M25	1	10	Gun 4-wide	1	1	3	Nickel even	6	Pass	Dig	Bell	Inc
McNamara turfs it. Zinter(-1) is late picking up a DT twist and there’s a bit of pressure but McNamara has room to step up and throw this normally, instead he shortens up his step and doesn’t get enough on the ball. (IN, 0, protection ½, McNamara -1)
M25	2	10	Gun trips	1	1	3	Nickel even	6.5	Pass	Hitch	Sainristil	Inc
Hitch downfield of Sainristil and dangerous if the CB is in slightly better position; he gets a PBU. (IN, 1, protection 1/1, McNamara -1)
M25	3	10	Gun trips	1	1	3	Nickel over	6	Pass	Hitch	Sainristil	Inc
LB blitz gets through free as line gets busy with 3 down linemen; McNamara breaks the pocket and avoids this guy but then throws a two yard pass low; Sainristil can’t get to it but he’s going to his knees to try to catch this anyway. (IN, 1, protection 0/2, TEAM –2, McNamara –0.5)
Drive Notes: Punt, 11-42, 9 min 4th Q. Final three plays are a couple runs and one flushed zero yard completion, we’re done here.

Hello, I see you're back from walking into the sea.

more like a SEA OF GOALS buddy

Stop being chipper. Concentrate on this funeral dirge.

fine

Ahem. FIRE EVERYONE

okay

That's it?

I am not going to provide pushback on the general fan opinion that everyone should be fired, especially since the far-and-away leader at quarterback turned into a pumpkin in this game and now there's a good chance Cade McNamara starts. Add it to the pile of unforced errors that find Michigan in this spot.

I can't help but remember watching the McCaffrey every-snap video and noting that he made a lot of correct post-snap reads every time Michigan gets nuked on a play with no read at all. I continue to wonder about the circumstances of that transfer.

Boo bad Milton!

I mean, yeah, he was very bad. After hitting the upper end of reasonable expectations over the course of the first three games Milton hit a wall at a thousand miles an hour.

JOE MILTON

	Good				Neutral			Bad					Ovr			Reads
Game	DO	CA	SCR		PR	MA		BA	TA	IN	BR		DSR	GRADE!		RPOs	ZRs
Minnesota		17(6)	1			1			1	2	1		75%	+4		2/2	2/2
MSU (Pending)
Indiana	7	19(2)++++			3	4				6**	4		71%	+10.7
Wisconsin	1	8(1)+				1		1	1*	4*	3*		47%	-7.2
Rutgers
Penn State
Maryland
OSU
Bonus

The first INT was on Eubanks's face mask and was a reasonable decision. The second was the thing everyone was fearing.

Welp. You can live with that if it's a one-off. It was not. Milton airmailed it when Corum broke open for an easy wheel touchdown…

…he took a horrible sack in the one minute drill, he failed to read the flat guy popping open on a waggle…

…(I mean cumong he's the flat guy), and capped it off with a punt that should have been intercepted:

I don't know what to say. He had relatively open guys, and the pass protection wasn't any rougher than it was against Indiana. He just had a meltdown.

What about McNamara?

He came out hot and then missed three consecutive throws on his second drive.

CADE MCNAMARA

	Good				Neutral			Bad					Ovr			Reads
Game	DO	CA	SCR		PR	MA		BA	TA	IN	BR		DSR	GRADE!		RPOs	ZRs
Wisconsin	3	1								3			57%	+2
Rutgers
Penn State
Maryland
OSU
Bonus

McNamara popped on his first drive, which featured three on-point throws. The first was a dart in between levels in a zone:

The second was a corner route to Eubanks, with one ding for leaving a pocket unnecessarily:

And the third was an inch-perfect fade TD to Sainristil:

McNamara naturally regressed after this. His next throw saw him get a little pressure and fail to step into a throw. Result: turf.

This is a difference between Milton and McNamara that's probably going to be constant. Milton is able to sling deep outs without stepping into it much, if at all:

McNamara then threw a hitch two yards too far upfield and suffered a PBU:

It's likely he was behind Milton for a reason and there's no dawn. I mean, take a shot I guess but it is deeply unlikely that McNamara turns around the season.

Also in meltdowns?

Yes, the OL:

Offensive Line
Player	+	-	Total	Notes
Barnhart	1	3	-2	One bad mis-ID
Filiaga	2.5	1	1.5	Did okay work pulling.
Vastardis		5	-5	yikes
Zinter	2.5	4	-1.5	Enjoyed rugby scrum at least.
Stueber	6	2	4	Moved some guys.
All		1	-1
Eubanks	1	0.5	0.5
Schoonmaker	1	4	-3	Major culprit on goal line stand
Mason	0.5	1	-0.5	In about 8 snaps.
Honigford				DNP
TOTAL	14.5	20.5	41%	Oof
Backs
Player	+	-	T	Notes
Milton				Runs were so badly blocked he didn't have much opportunity.
McNamara				DNC
Charbonnet	2.5		2.5
Haskins	1		1
Corum		1	-1
Evans	2		2
Turner				DNP
TOTAL	5.5	1	4.5	Not enough snaps on which they could do anything.
Receivers
Player	+	-	T	Notes
Bell	2		2	Couple bad moments early.
Sainristil
Wilson
Johnson
Jackson
Henning	1		1
McCurry
TOTAL	3		3	Not much here per usual.
Metrics
Player	+	-	T	Notes
Protection	23	11	68%	TEAM –4, Stueber –3, Zinter –3, Charbonnet -1
RPS	5	13	-8	No reads.

A miserable day on limited opportunities, partially limited by the fact that Michigan had a very hard time blocking anything up. Vastardis has had a major comedown after his initial success against Minnesota. Michigan is setting the line away from blitzes a lot, and Vastardis's individual blocking isn't going that well. This power should be successful but Vastardis basically whiffs on a downblock of a guy shaded outside.

C #68

I normally do not grade those blocks because they are so routine.

Man, that is an ugly RPS number that comes on the heels of another ugly RPS number that comes on the heels of you saying you like Michigan's offensive coordinator. Could you please never say anything positive about Michigan football again?

I think I can work with you there.

Wisconsin was extremely disciplined and had a spooky ability to anticipate what Michigan was going to run. This was most apparent on yet another doomed run when Wisconsin blitzed off the edge, ignoring flare motion from the running back. Milton got nothing:

Meanwhile:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

Seems like that would have been a good moment to have a read in the offense.

Other incidents were common. Here a Wisconsin free safety activates on bash, which Michigan has not run this year:

UW FS to bottom creeping to LOS

The decisiveness with which Wisconsin's back seven played really jumped off the screen. Linebackers would read a double on a DL and shoot a gap. Safeties would confidently rip up into plays. This Henning end around gets nerfed in large part because the corner to that side of the field meets All three yards in the backfield and cuts out his legs:

UW CB to top

Henning can't cut up because a LB blitzed past a true freshman OG, which was extremely common.

Meanwhile this waggle sees Milton draw immediate pressure and he's got no option other than dumping it to a very covered All:

Michigan did get a couple things that were easy—a flat route to Evans, a wide open wheel to Corum that Milton missed—but this was another RPS blowout for the opposition. It was built on a lot of blitzing Michigan struggled to pick up and a (near?) total lack of any reads.

Why?

Don't know. Beside the point now, really.

I thought quarterback runs would be our salvation, smart guy?

Well, they did even up numbers in the box. Then Michigan's blockers didn't actually put a hat on everyone. This QB power has seven guys in the box and seven Michigan blockers, but Haskins wanders to the back side of the play without touching anyone and Michigan doubles a nose tackle so the overhang corner never gets touched:

UW CB to bottom

Also Stueber loses against his guy so Milton has to run into the corner.

Other Milton runs failed due to the usual sack of cats stuff. Here Barnhart turns upfield—never turn upfield—for a kickout block that is Charbonnet's:

LT #52

That's failing if it's an RB run as well. Giving Milton the ball provided more margin for error, and Michigan proceeded to blow right through that margin. The failed fourth and goal is a similar situation, with Mason and Zinter hitting the same linebacker:

pulling G #65, FB #42

Also Schoonmaker let his guy come all the way around and get into Milton's legs.

In fact the only QB run to have much success seemed unintentional. Corum briefly turns around after Milton takes this out, and then Milton has no better plan than following Corum.

RB #2

Wisconsin doesn't know what's going on because Michigan doesn't, and Michigan gets a first down. Hooray?

Wide receivers?

[0 = uncatchable, 1 = circus catch, 2 = moderate difficulty, 3 = routine]

	THIS WEEK					SEASON
Player	0	1	2	3		0	1	2	3
Bell	1			3/3		3	0/1	0/1	13/13
Johnson	1	0/1				3	0/1	2/3	2/2
Sainristil		0/3	1/1			1	0/3	1/1
Jackson	1			2/2		2	1/2	1/2	4/4
Wilson						2	0/1	1/3	2/2
Henning				1/1		1		0/1	2/2
McCurry
Eubanks		0/1	1/1	2/2			0/2	2/2	2/2
All	1	1/1				1	1/1	0/1	2/4
Schoonmaker
Charbonnet									3/3
Haskins
Corum									3/3
Evans				2/2					3/3
Mason									2/2

Routes: Jackson ++, Eubanks –.

 

Jackson remains a bright spot. He was the target on Milton's best throw of the day, gaining a yard or two of separation and then dodging three guys after the catch:

WR #0 in slot

He also got a lot of separation on the two point conversion and brought in a lofted over-the-shoulder catch.

Also I want to point out that after a ton of drops, Erick All speared a difficult pass with a guy draped all over him… on a –1 yard catch. 2020!

Surely you must have some official crabbing left in the withered husk that used to be your body?

I can muster some. I mean

This is about as egregious as all the stuff we've seen from Michigan. On the other hand, Michigan got away with one on Take A Picture It's A Successful Run

C #68

Yoinks.

Heroes?

If we expand our definition here, Bell and Jackson and maybe Charbonnet?

Maybe not so heroic.

Milton, coaches, OL.

What does it mean for Rutgers and beyond?

Milton optimism significantly dented. Brutal.

Offense still has no reads.

Also they can't block.